Wire fence



No. 620,090. Patented Feb. 28, I899.

. 0. P. ANTHONY.

WIRE FEJNCE.

(Application fiIed. Jan. 23, 1897.)

{No Model.)

WITNESSES: lA/VE/VTOI? ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL I. ANTHONY, OF TECUMSEH, MICHIGAN.

WIRE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofLetters Patent No. 620,090, dated February28, 1899. Application filed January 23, 18 91 Serial No. 620,343. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, DANIEL P. ANTHONY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Tecumseh, in the county of Lenawee and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in W'ire Fences; and Ido hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to' which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in wire fences of the variety whichare composed of horizontal and vertical wires serially arranged andbound together at their intersec tions by means of peculiarly-formedlinks of wire in any suitable manner.

I attain the object of this invention by means of mechanism illustratedin the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a completesection of my improved fence; Fig. 2, a vertical elevation seen in thedirection of arrow E; Fig. 3, a horizontal plan seen in the direction ofarrow F; Fig. 4, a vertical elevation seen in the direction of arrow G;Fig. 5, a vertical elevation seen in the direction of arrow H. Fig. 6 isan isometric view.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In Fig. 1, A A A A A represent a series of horizontal wires fastened inany suitable mannor to posts B. O C O in same figure represent a seriesof vertical wires.

In Fig. 4 the vertical wire 0 shows a bend D, wherein is seated ahorizontal wire A. Link I, viewed from the front or from the rear sideof the fence, represents the form of a figure 8. (See Fig. 1.) Thecenter of this link, bent in the direction of lines K, is adapted toembrace wire Aand its terminal eyes J to embrace wire 0 and to seatthemselves within bends L, thus securely locking wires A and 0 togetherin such a manner as to positively prevent said vertical and horizontalwires from slipping upon their point of contact with each other.

Having thus described my invention, I do not claim, broadly, means forfastening wires A and 0 together; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a wire fence, cross-wires and a tie for.

said cross-wires comprising a wire, a central bend therein engagingdiagonally both said cross-wires, a backward loop in said tie-wire, oneach side of said central bend, engaging one of said cross-wires, andabend near each extremity of said tie-wire whereby said extremities arecaused to point toward, each other and whereby each end of the tie-wireis caused to engage each of the cross-wires.

2. In a wire fence, intersecting wires, each having an opposite outwardbend at the point of intersection, and a tie for said intersecting wirescomprising a wire, a central bend therein engaging diagonally both saidcross-wires, a backward loop in said tie-wire, on each side of saidcentral bend, engaging one of said cross-wires, and a bend near eachextremity of said tie-wire whereby said extremities are caused to pointtoward each other and whereby each end of the tie-wire is caused toengage each of the cross-wires.

In testimony whereof I have affixedmy signature in presence of twowitnesses.

DANIEL P. ANTHONY.

